Ampharete Explained

Ampharete is a genus of polychaete annelid worms. They have a single, chevron-shaped row of teeth.^[1]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following 45 species:

• Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860)
• Ampharete agulhasensis (Day, 1961)
• Ampharete americana Day, 1973
• Ampharete ampullata Imajima, Reuscher & Fiege, 2012
• Ampharete arctica Malmgren, 1866
• Ampharete baltica Eliason, 1955
• Ampharete borealis (M. Sars, 1856)
• Ampharete californica (Hilbig, 2000)
• Ampharete capensis (Day, 1961)
• Ampharete cinnamomea Imajima, Reuscher & Fiege, 2012
• Ampharete cornuta (Hilbig, 2000)
• Ampharete crassiseta Annenkova, 1929
• Ampharete debrouweri Jeldes & Lefevre, 1959
• Ampharete eupalea Chamberlin, 1920
• Ampharete falcata Eliason, 1955
• Ampharete finmarchica (M. Sars, 1865)
• Ampharete gagarae Uschakov, 1950
• Ampharete goesi Malmgren, 1866
• Ampharete homa Chamberlin, 1919
• Ampharete johanseni Chamberlin, 1920
• Ampharete kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
• Ampharete kudenovi Jirkov, 1994
• Ampharete labrops Hartman, 1961
• Ampharete lindstroemi Malmgren, 1867 sensu Hessle, 1917
• Ampharete lineata (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1943)
• Ampharete longipaleolata Uschakov, 1950
• Ampharete luederitzi (Augener, 1918)
• Ampharete macrobranchia Caullery, 1944
• Ampharete manriquei (Salazar-Vallejo, 1996)
• Ampharete minuta Langerhans, 1880
• Ampharete octocirrata (Sars, 1835)
• Ampharete oculata (Webster, 1879)
• Ampharete oculicirrata Parapar, Moreira & Barnich, 2019
• Ampharete parvidentata Day, 1973
• Ampharete petersenae Zhirkov, 1997
• Ampharete reducta Chamberlin, 1920
• Ampharete santillani Parapar, Kongsrud, Kongshavn, Alvestad, Aneiros & Moreira, 2017
• Ampharete saphronovae Jirkov, 1994
• Ampharete setosa Verrill, 1873
• Ampharete sibirica (Wirén, 1883)
• Ampharete sombreriana McIntosh, 1885
• Ampharete trilobata Webster & Benedict, 1887
• Ampharete undecima Alvestad, Kongsrud & Kongshavn, 2014
• Ampharete vega (Wirén, 1883)
• Ampharete villenai Parapar, Helgason, Jirkov & Moreira, 2012

Notes and References

1. Tzetlin . A. B. . Ultrastructural study of the jaw structures in two species of Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) . 10.1111/j.0001-7272.2004.00168.x . Acta Zoologica . 85 . 3 . 171–180 . 2005 . free .